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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Was that a direct conversation? Was it initiated by the chairman? Was it something that came from the Department or the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Was it an indication that he was not happy with procedures or not happy with the impending legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: What meeting or meetings took place internally to discuss a process for finding a replacement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: There was a discussion about finding a replacement and it became evident that the Department needed to move. Is that correct? At what point was the decision taken to select an interim chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: The Department had various different chats and talks and decided on it. Whose idea was it to go for an interim chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Were there any minutes taken of those meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: The decision was taken at some point to select an interim chair. Which existing members of the board were considered or approached to fill that role?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: The Department did not consider anybody who was on the board of the IAA, with their significant experience, to be worthy of consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: What process was followed to select the interim chair? The Department knew what it needed so how did it go looking? Where did it start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: How many names did they come up with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: How many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Where did the name of the proposed interim chair come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Did anyone within the Department, including the Minister, receive any expressions of interest from any party once it was clear there was a vacancy? Was there any communication in writing, orally, by phone or by text, with any person who wanted to be considered, as far as Mr. Towey knows? Obviously he cannot speak for the Minister but if it got to Department level at some point there would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Okay. That is fine for the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Towey for answering the questions as frankly as he could. However, the average punter looking in will ask why two or three people sat in a room, tossed around a few names, did an eeny, meeny, miny, moe and picked an individual. That does not look good in terms of transparency at the level we are dealing with it. Quite frankly, it looks appalling because there is a broader...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Towey for his frankness. Does that not cast a level of favouritism on the interim chair because they will be given access to intimate knowledge that nobody else will have access to in a competition for the new positions? Did Mr. Towey not consider that the interim chair be appointed on the basis that they would not go forward for that role? A route has been opened up here which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: It is recognised in exceptional circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is open to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Since we could go on about this for some time, would it be possible for Mr. Towey to respond to additional questions from the committee sent through the secretariat?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. O'Hara and Mr. O'Callaghan for their excellent presentations. It is clear that the maintenance of the post office network is at the core of the work they are doing. Members who come from constituencies in which post offices have closed have seen the really negative impact the closures have had on the villages affected. The closure of its post office effectively removes a core...